Peter joins Dani Durán (@dani_duran_ on Instagram) in today’s session.
Category: Cats
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Miles Davis Centenary
Today marks the centenary of Miles Davis’ birth. The music of Miles has brought us at CatSynth much pleasure and inspiration over these years. He was an innovator who kept exploring new ideas each decade.
We at CatSynth are especially partial to his work in the 1970s, but we also enjoy what he did both before and after, as Sam Sam demonstrates with her album selections.
Beyond the music itself, Miles Davis was known for finding and bringing together a great many noted musicians, including some of our heroes like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea, as well as folks like saxophonist and composer Sam Morrison, whom we recently featured right here on CatSynth.
In addition to Sam Sam, we’re sharing a comic by J.B. that appeared on the CatSynth blog a few years ago, “Miles and Teo”
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Cat with Behringer Blue Marvin
Another Blue Marvin sighting! This time with a cat who “wants to be a Psytrance Producer” 😺🎛️
It’s so cute how he paws at the synth.
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Haku, Chihiro, and ASM Hydrasynth 888
Haku poses with an ASM Hydrasynth 888. We see Chihiro in the background. She is a bit more visible in this second photo.
I have to admit, I really like the orange color on this one.
From our friend Erik Ribeiro (@eriksuperlazy on Instagram).
Updated the @ashunsoundmachines Hydrasynth Explorer 888 and a bunch of other gear with fresh firmware on Sunday. Haku and Chihiro got up close and personal to inspect the process.
If you’re curious what the firmware update looks like:
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Pepper and Korg MS-20
The lovely Pepper sits next to a Korg MS-20 FS (green edition).
From Yluko via Facebook.
Pepper loves the new rack, I think she wants me to leave space on top for her to chill. She is such a great studio cat.
We at CatSynth agree that one should make space for cats in the studio.
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Tina and Hammond 102200 synthesizer
The beautiful Tina poses with a rare Hammond 102200 synthesizer. Submitted by AxWax via Mastodon.
The Hammond 102200 is a new one for me. It’s a quirky monophonic synth with instrument presets (a bit like the ARP Pro Soloist) and an unusual matrix for modifying each of them with different waveforms, envelopes, and modulation options. I’d be curious to see/hear one in real life.
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Fritzie with Logic, Behringer, Arturia, Modal, more
Fritzie is back helping out in the studio. We see two monitors behind him with a Logic session, a Behringer X-Touch One, a Behringer Edge percussion synth, an Arturia MicroFreak directly below him, a Modal Electronics Argon, and more.
Submitted by @peoplemusic.bsky.social via BlueSky
Fritzie in front of my monitors with a logic pro screen showing some project that might become a hit. Fritzie stands between keyboards and controllers
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Chichiro and Modular (Behringer, MOK, Happy Nerding…)
Chihiro enjoys rubbing up against the modular in this adorable video. She seems to particularly like the Happy Nerding modules and a MOK Waverazor. I also noticed the Behringer vocoder module, the Piston Honda from Industrial Music Electronics, and more.
From our friend Erik Ribeiro (@ericsuperlazy on Instagram), who notes that Chihiro was probably most taken with the case itself, a Dopfer Low Cost LC with its vinyl-like siding.
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Wordless Wednesday: Holzmarkt Black Cat
Architectural detail, including a mural featuring a black cat on the outside of Holzmarkt in East Berlin.
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Juanita on Behringer Blue Marvin
Juanita stands proudly atop a Behringer Blue Marvin, a tribute to the early “Blue Marvin” version of the ARP 2600. Plus, the Star Wars poster makes her photo purrfect for today, May the 4th!
Submitted by Galex Zodifire via Facebook.
I got the opportunity to see a rare actual ARP 2600 Blue Meanie at NAMM this year, courtesy of the Alan R Pearlman Foundation.
